DreadPiratePanda

Oh geez, I completely know what you mean! I just graduated in December and passed my NCLEX at the beginning of January (just showed up on the BON website two days ago, yay!!! I'm official!!!). Completely understand the fear and anxiety of actually working as a nurse...I'm pretty confident that with a decent training program, it would be fine. However, I keep hearing all sorts of horror stories of work places throwing new nurses into situations they're not ready for or pulling them out of training early because they're so short-staffed. I'm interviewing everywhere right now, and I'm making sure to ask about what their training is like, patient load, staffing ratios, etc.

I'm from South/Central Texas. Graduated December 12, 2015; got my ATT two weeks later and tested on January 7, 2016. Got my results on January 9 (quick results - I passed!), and I showed up on the BON website with my license number two days ago.

I'm about halfway through my first semester. This is hands-down the single hard academic thing I've ever had to do, and it's definitely somewhere near the top of hardest things I've ever had to do. It's a marathon, only you're sprinting the entire damn time. I feel like just when I've found my pace, my professors say, "Great! Now let's go faster...and faster...and faster..." I cried, just all out stress-breakdown cried, last week as my poor boyfriend tried his best to listen as I ranted. I read comments from people talking about how easy nursing school was for them, but for every one of those, I find 10 from people saying it was super rough. The comments about how easy it was stress me out a little too, because what am I doing wrong that it can't be that easy for me too? But I remind myself that everyone is different, the programs are different, the profs are different. And you know what's keeping me going? That I WANTED this. I prayed to get into nursing school, I worked my damn butt off making straight A's in my prereq's to get in. I cried when I realized I was set back another semester. I want to save lives, and help people, and comfort people, and be there for people when times are hard. I want to make a difference in people's lives, to do something meaningful. I feel nursing is that calling for me. I wouldn't want a nurse that didn't work as hard as I'm working now.

It's been said by many people before me, but I still feel the need to say it: As someone currently working their butt off in an LVN program, I find the original post to be HIGHLY offensive. My chosen path is not some "thanks for participating" ribbon for those who couldn't pass the NCLEX-RN in an acceptable amount of tries. I agree that failing the NCLEX multiple times doesn't inspire faith in the quality of the nurse, but I don't think it should bar them for life. A remedial review course after a certain number of tries could be beneficial. Perhaps the person just doesn't grasp a certain concept...or perhaps this just isn't the profession for them. Then again, I'm just a lowly student nurse with no real world experience, so what would I know? 😁

Aaaahhhh, I still haven't received my blue card in the mail yet and it seems like everyone else has. We just need to have it by clinicals, right?

I'm gonna wear a long black sleeve undershirt under my scrub top (black and pink scrubs) and my winter coat. I'm so excited and nervous and kind of intimidated lol.

I KNOW ME TOO!!! I bought my first pair of scrubs today! I checked in Canvas and it looks like two of our classes will be on there this semester. They look pretty intense...the syllabi made me just 😨😱

PQ said they would cover my books, scrubs, school materials and tools, and part of my tuition ($4000 total).

That's awesome!!! $500 less to spend of your own money!

So I've been reading through the forums and came across this thread...tips from students who passed their first semester of nursing school! I got some great ideas from it. Highly recommend a read through for everyone of us. :) Tips for surviving the 1st Semester of Nursing School https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/tips-for-surviving-831174.html

I'll be starting a 12 month LVN program at St Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas on 01/20. I'm nervous!

She's putting all my info in the system right now, so I'm researching the best ways to pass nursing school in the forums lol. The canvas app reset on my phone and I can't get in again, so I can't review my A&P stuff while I wait 😒

Omg, I haven't even bought scrubs! We have to wear them to orientation next week, right? What color did y'all buy? lol

I have my certification appointment tomorrow morning and my interview/final appt with the director on Monday morning. I'm crossing and double crossing my fingers that everything goes okay...when I talked to Terry to schedule my last two appts in December, she said that while admission isn't guaranteed, they did still have slots available. I haven't bought any books yet or supplies, all I've bought is a planner off of Amazon. How do y'all know what medical supplies we'll need? Is there a list we've been sent that I missed? My friend gave me an extra [unused!] blood pressure cuff that she had but that's all I have.

Does anyone know how big our day time program is (how many people were accepted)?